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عنفص

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root primarily describes women characterized by a lack of physical substance or a deficiency in modesty and good conduct. It can refer to women who are thin, ill-formed, or immodest and ill-behaved.

Derived headwords

العنفصnoun
  1. 1.
    Thin womanboth

    A woman who is small in body or physically slight.

  2. 2.
    Immodest womanboth

    A woman who is lewd, wicked, and lacking in shyness or modesty.

  3. 3.
    Shameless young womanclassical

    Specifically refers to a young woman who is brazen and immodest.

Parallel reading

العنفص: المرأة القليلة الجسم
Al-'unfusu: The woman of little body.
ويقال أيضا: هي الداعرة الخبيثة
And it is also said: she is the lewd, the wicked one.
البذية القليلة الحياء من النساء
The immodest, lacking in shyness, among women.
لعمرك ما ليلى بورهاء عنفص
By your life, Layla is not a shameless, immodest woman.
ولا عشة خلخالها يتقعقع
Nor is she 'Aisha whose anklets jingle.
خص بعضهم به الفتاة
Some have restricted it to the young woman.